And Leftism’s high priests & priestesses can be found in the GovernMental/EnvironMentalist communutty!!!
Ridicule and manipulation of Elmer Gantry stereotypes? They've tried the same thing with the military (Fail-Safe, Seven Days in May, How I Won the War, Apocalypse Now, Lions for Lambs, and you name it), but it has not stuck. The U.S. military is the most respected institution in the United States -- and maybe worldwide.
Meanwhile, Congress, the Media, and the legal profession are lower than dog poo.